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Pretend They Are Dead: A Father's Search for the Truth

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Scott Eichenblatt (Author)When Steven's dad, Allen, disappeared, he left behind more than his children-he left a legacy of loss and family secrets. Though working just miles away, Allen gave up his kids for adoption. He was soon replaced by another man, one with his own four children, whose strict rules and explosive temper made home a place of fear rather than refuge. Steven spent decades wrestling with the wounds of abandonment and abuse, burying his p...

Dear Alyne: My Years as a Married Virgin

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Report copyright infringementby Alyne Tamir (Author)From world traveler, entrepreneur, and content creator @DearAlyne, a vulnerable and hilarious memoir of how she escaped the restrictive expectations of her family and faith and found herself in the process.Alyne Tamir was raised to live her life for others: for her husband, her family, and the Mormon church. For twenty-five years, she put them ahead of herself, repressing things that didn't fit the neat, traditional story that had been writt...

Crushed: The Boys That Never Liked Me Back

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Report copyright infringementby Kiersten Lyons (Author)(girl + boy) heartbreak2 + surprises = a rom-com in real life While tying the bows on her wedding invitations, Kiersten's fiancé walked in and told her he didn't think he loved her, and maybe never had.... Oh, and he'd cheated. At a place called The Magic Castle. Because what's hotter than aging celebrities performing magic in a fake castle in the Hollywood Hills? But don't worry, because six months later, while Kiersten was struggling ...

The Room on the Right: A Memoir of Despair, Hope, and Reckoning in the Face of Abuse, Trauma, and PTSD

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Report copyright infringementby Lawrence Mieczkowski (Author)A heart-wrenching yet hopeful story of facing trauma, abuse, and PTSD-and the heroic path to healing.To others, Dr. Lawrence Mieczkowski (Dr. Mitch) was a successful physician, caring father, and good husband-but inwardly, he was suffering from deep despair. When the 1999 Columbine shootings triggered a descent into near madness, he lost his ability to fight off the demons dragging him further into the darkness of depression and hop...

You Can't Live In The Past and Walk In The Future

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Report copyright infringementby Lynda McGinnis (Author) Number of Pages: 82 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: June 09, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Joey Crum (Author)In a world that constantly celebrates team spirit and conformity, There Is an "I" in Win offers a bold, refreshing message: personal accountability, integrity, and innovation are not obstacles to teamwork, they are its foundation.Through powerful storytelling, personal insights, and faith-based reflection, author Joey Crum challenges the long-held belief that individual ambition must take a back seat to collective harmony. Drawing from his own...

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Downsizing Mom: A Tale of Clutter, Conflict, and Family Legacy

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Report copyright infringementby Daniela Fritter (Author)When her mother decides to move to a retirement community, Daniela steps up to help her declutter her home of twenty-six years and put it on the market. But her motives aren't purely altruistic. Daniela has always struggled to understand her mother and their difficult relationship--the vexing misunderstandings and the emotional volatility--and she sees their downsizing project as an opportunity to find answers.While they navigate myriad ...

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Report copyright infringementby Dick Linford (Author)Stories of a Western Wildhood is a collection of essays that document the unruly childhood and adolescence of the author, Dick Linford, in Wyoming and New Mexico, and later his adult years in California, where he was co-founder of one of the early whitewater rafting companies in the West. Born to an alcoholic writer-father and a loving but overwhelmed mother, Linford experiences the glories of the Intermountain West, the gritty living condi...

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Rox (Author) Number of Pages: 378 Dimensions: 0.84 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 11, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby C. Susanne Bennett (Author)What happens when faith and sexuality refuse to stay in their assigned boxes?C. Susanne Bennett's memoir explores the evolving intersection of faith and sexuality over nearly eight decades of life. Written against the backdrop of ongoing cultural debates about gender, race, and religion, this book weaves together personal stories and reflections around the transformation of faith and the unexpected fluidity of sexuality.Through deeply...

Chicano Odyssey: Trajectories Across a Millennium (Hardcover)

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Report copyright infringementby Michael A. Mares (Author)There is a group of Americans with deep roots in Mexico, Spain, the United States and medieval Europe reaching back a thousand years and including cultures from throughout the world. These "Chicanos," or Mexican American Indo-Hispanic mestizos, are a mix of native peoples and the Conquistadors. Michael Mares traces his family lineage from the mid-twentieth century barrio of Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico to the ancient lands of pre-S...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Brand (Author)Welts on Your Butt a Calf Could Suck is a heartfelt, humorous, and deeply nostalgic collection of true stories from the rural heartland-where front porch wisdom, gravel road lessons, and the stubborn sting of farm life meet grace, grit, and good humor.Raised in Hopkins, Missouri, longtime farm broadcaster Tom Brand brings together five decades of personal memories that echo with universal truths. Whether it's hauling feed, scooping snow, backi...

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Report copyright infringementby Leeronce Larry Williams (Author)A son carries out his father's dying wish and reflects on the importance of family in this inspiring memoir of loss, faith, and overcoming hardship. There is no greater bond than the bond of family. When LeeRonce Williams was young, his father was in a horrific car accident that left him a shadow of his former self, and after years of battling health complications and illness, he passed away. But before he died, he directed his w...

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Report copyright infringementby Alice Aldrich Hildebrand (Author)A memoir of caregiving for the author's elderly father in his last years, this book is also about the loss of a beloved career as a hospital chaplain and a reflection on the many "deaths" experienced throughout life. Family dysfunction and fierce love, recovery from addiction, regret and guilt, thanksgiving and hopefulness are woven through the saga of accompanying an infuriating, deeply loved parent to his death. The timeline o...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Kay Rogers (Author)A secret is hidden in a photo of a four-year-old child to be revealed safely in fifty years. In between, stories of the child's life depict themes of family relationships, lessons in feminism, struggles with racism, very often intertwined with spiritual events. She has only herself for protection on the way to adulthood. Any triumphs and disasters are all her own. The stories depict incidents of trauma, requiring courage, imagination a...

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Report copyright infringementby William Barron (Author)Experience the transformative power of this heart-wrenching true story, Joy in Alzheimer's. Witness how one woman's journey through dementia forever changed her and those around her. This book not only sheds light on the effects of Alzheimer's, but also offers valuable resources and information for those facing similar challenges. - Learn how to navigate the early signs of Alzheimer's and receive a diagnosis with grace and strength.- Disc...

From Jungle Cruise Skipper to Disney Legend: 40 Years of Magical Memories at Disney (Disney Legends)

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Report copyright infringementby William Sully Sullivan (Author)Four Decades with DisneyYoung "Sully" Sullivan needed a job, and so in 1955 he applied for one at the brand-new theme park, Disneyland, where he was hired on the spot as a ticket-taker for the Jungle Cruise. Soon he was promoted to skipper, and then he met his future wife at Waltah Clarke's Hawaiian Shop across from the Jungle Cruise, and then he was assigned to projects ranging from the 1964 New York World's Fair and Epcot to Dis...

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Report copyright infringementby J. Byrd (Author)He attempted to kill me.It was in the thrust of his knee in my chest and his hands wrappedaround my neck. It was because I discovered something about him-noteven sure exactly what I exposed, but he felt his very private world wasrevealed. So, he lashed out. And that was the beginning of the end.Now what? Where do I move on from here?Life is a constant transition. It is hard to embrace change. There is muchto lose and much to gain-simultaneously....

Hello (And Goodbye) To All That: A Memoir of a Changing New York in the 21st Century

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Liebson (Author)A moving father and son journey across time and place, and the surprising bonds that form between generations.Growing up in suburban Chicago, Jonathan Liebson heard stories about the fabled New York City of his father's childhood: from the World's Fair to Mayor LaGuardia to the family-owned drugstore in Midtown. He eventually makes his own move to the Big Apple-not as a doctor, like his father, but as an aspiring writer and teacher. Soo...

Written in the Scars: A Story of Strength, Healing, and Transformation

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Report copyright infringementby J. Lynn Crow (Author)Written in the Scars is a true account of what's left behind when the life you built begins to crumble - and of what slowly, stubbornly rises from those broken places when you refuse to disappear inside the pain. In this haunting and beautiful memoir, J. Lynn Crow guides the reader through the quiet aftermath of betrayal, grief, childhood trauma, and the slow unraveling of self. Told in spare, lyrical prose and grounded in a voice that neve...

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Report copyright infringementby Ilmarinen G. Vogel (Author)This memoir describes the author's discovery of Post -Traumatic Stress disorder after a 120mph accident that caused him to become suicidal. He describes the experience and compares how he has experienced life before and how trauma altered his perceptions and reactions of family and community around him. In his 'flooding moments' by the side of the road, he sees his life stream before his inner eye, only this time the events are tainte...

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Report copyright infringementby April Scales (Author)From the author that brought you Memoirs of Suzie, 31 Days of Growth and Reflection, and Get Yourself Together, FENCED IN is the true story about a girl who became a woman behind bars. The book depicts her struggles, encounters, and how she copes through it all. Written in the voice of the girl and young woman she once was is a raw and unfiltered account April's journey of personal growth and efforts to win release from prison. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sylvia Duncan (Author)This autobiographical book describes the author's childhood growing up in an abusive household and how God opened her eyes to this "journey" of turning her past experiences into a mission to help victims of domestic violence. Readers, whether victims of abuse or not, will appreciate the message of hope that the author provides in showing that one's past can become a meaningful building block to their future. "Sylvia invites you to observe ...

Anna and Boris: The Love Letters (1944-1946)

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Report copyright infringementby Vera Kochanowsky (Author)Anna, a young Swiss beauty, and Boris, a Russian refugee twice her age, become captivated with each other after a brief first encounter. Over Anna's parents' objections and despite strict travel restrictions imposed on foreigners by the Swiss authorities, their love survives and deepens through an extensive correspondence lasting nearly two years. Both haunted by pasts they are determined to overcome, Anna and Boris explore the nature o...

The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Febos (Author)From Melissa Febos, the national bestselling author of Girlhood, comes an examination of the solitude, freedoms, and feminist heroes she discovered during a year of celibacy and a wise and transformative look at relationships and self-knowledge. "Only Melissa Febos could convince us of the ecstasy of abstinence. She never fails in her candor and precision."--Katherine May, author of Wintering In the wake of a catastrophic two-year relatio...

The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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Report copyright infringementby John Seabrook (Author) "Having left this material for his writer son, my father must have wanted the story told, even if he couldn't bear to tell it himself." So begins the story of a forgotten American dynasty, a farming family from the bean fields of southern New Jersey who became as wealthy and powerful as aristocrats--only to implode in a storm of lies.The patriarch, C. F. Seabrook, was hailed as the "Henry Ford of Agriculture." His son Jack, a keen busines...

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Report copyright infringementby Hala Alyan (Author)The rich and deeply personal debut memoir by award-winning Palestinian American poet and novelist Hala Alyan, whose experience of motherhood via surrogacy forces her to reckon with her own past, and the legacy of her family's exile and displacement, all in the name of a new future. After a decade of yearning for parenthood, years marked by miscarriage after miscarriage, Hala Alyan makes the decision to use a surrogate. In this charged time, s...

Because: A CIA Coverup & A Son's Odyssey To Find The Father He Never Knew

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Report copyright infringementby James B. Wells (Author)James B. Wells was only nine when his father, Jack, an Army veteran working for USAID as a senior public safety officer in 1965, died in an Air America plane crash in Vietnam. Decades later, James discovers hundreds of letters in his mother's home and embarks on a thirty-three-year odyssey to uncover the truth and meaning behind his whistleblower father's covered-up and still CIA-classified death.Through archival and field research across...

The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Whybrow (Author)An Esquire "Best Books of Summer 2025""Helen Whybrow is a to-the-bone writer, and this is a to-the-bone book--beautiful, real, full of life."--Bill McKibben, author of The End of NatureSet in Vermont's Green Mountains, a profoundly moving meditation on the lessons and wisdom that come from raising a family, tending sheep, and living close to the land.In the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains, Helen Whybrow and her partner set out to restor...

My Childhood in Pieces: A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Hirsch (Author)From the award-winning poet, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet's coming-of-age. "My grandparents taught me to write my sins on paper and cast them into the water. . . . They didn't expect an entire book," Hirsch says in the "prologue" to this glorious festival of knife-sharp observations. In mic...